QuiltingPirate:
I had some of the same problems you speak of when I FIRST tried the Side Winder but then I pulled the thread around the 2 little pegs at the front of the gaget and then put the bobbin on the peg to be filled and it made all the difference in the world in the winding and now I get perfectly wound bobbins. My bobbins are plastic. The Sidewinder shows the 2 peds I speak of as a place to put FULL bobbins after filling but I use the pegs as described above and it works beautifully. My sewing machines are a New Home 8000, Brother XR65-T and my sister's is a Pfaff. All the bobbins for these machines work. My neighbor has a Singer and my quilting friends have Viking, Singers, Pfaff, Montgomery Ward, Singer and White Featherweights and all seem to be able to fill their bobbins on the Sidewinder.
Feathers